Pioneer Cs-787 Jun 2026

If you are shopping for a used pair (which is the only way to get them), you need to know the weak spots.

The 16" woofer produces bass that modern 6-inch bookshelf speakers can only dream of. When you play The Chain by Fleetwood Mac, you feel the kick drum in your spine. For classic rock, funk (Parliament-Funkadelic), and early electronica (Kraftwerk), the CS-787 is euphoric. It is warm, round, and slightly loose—not tight and dry like a modern studio monitor. It sounds like a 1970s rock concert. pioneer cs-787

If you have stumbled upon a pair of these at a garage sale, an estate auction, or buried in your uncle’s basement, you are looking at a piece of Pioneer history that is unlike anything else they produced. But is the CS-787 a hidden gem or a heavy relic best left in the past? If you are shopping for a used pair